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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Understanding the “new” disruptive behavior at live music events: Group normative (mis)alignment and collective self-regulation Now published in ASAP journal. Please share. spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Harry Lewis @harrymlewis.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Interested in the psychology of disruptive behaviour at music events? Well have a read of this. Highlights include me, @lewisdoyle.bsky.social & @sanjeedah.bsky.social throwing ourselves around in mosh pits for science (plus in-depth interviews & a big old survey). dx.doi.org/10.1111/asap...

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Public worry about Palestine Action ban’s impact on UK democracy, new survey finds Evidence that the ban affects: - willingness to protest - trust in government - perception of divisions in UK More here: drive.google.com/drive/folder... Full report: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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Harry Lewis @harrymlewis.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Struggling to find peer reviewed evidence in support of spending all of your money on going to festivals and gigs? Let us help... doi.org/10.1002/casp... w/ @profjohndrury.bsky.social @hannaeldarwish.bsky.social Danielle Evans, Fiona Green

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Our survey of over 2000 attendees, from both UK and USA, and across a wide variety of genres and events (both gigs and festivals) found this:

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Disruptive crowd behaviour back in the news again! This time it's journalists saying it's a thing. But crowd safety professionals say 'The overwhelming majority of events take place safely & securely, with no disruption, but those stories rarely make the news.” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

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Swearing, booing and spitting: is crowd behaviour out of control?

There was dismay after Rory McIlroy’s wife was hit by a beer at the Ryder Cup. But have crowds always been badly behaved, or is antisocial behaviour getting worse?

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Harry Lewis @harrymlewis.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Coming soon to a Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology near you...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.

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Heather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

>40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study Petition for UK academics asking govt to facilitate a biometric visa deferral and open a route of safe passage Sign & share ⏬️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities

More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...

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David Clarke @daclarkecruz.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

New from Drury & Vestergren. The chapter synthesises decades of research on how participation in collective action transforms people, challenges the field’s focus on predictors, and calls for methods to trace these transformations. It also highlights prefiguration as a key future research direction.

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

New wall art at @sussex.ac.uk Psychology is from our crowd safety & experience project, with @harrymlewis.bsky.social @sanjeedah.bsky.social @lewisdoyle.bsky.social

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Harry Lewis @harrymlewis.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

In case you missed them, we - myself, @profjohndrury.bsky.social and team - have two new preprints and a blog post exploring the psychology of crowds at gigs/festivals: Disruption: osf.io/preprints/ps... Wellbeing: osf.io/preprints/ps... Safety: tinyurl.com/4kcs7x2p All feedback very welcome!

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

New blogpost, led by @harrymlewis.bsky.social : Understanding and Enhancing Felt Safety at Live Music Events through Group Psychology blogs.sussex.ac.uk/crowdsidenti...

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Harry Lewis @harrymlewis.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

New blogpost looking at the psychology of felt safety at live music events: tinyurl.com/4kcs7x2p. Draws on interview, ethnographic and survey data. With @profjohndrury.bsky.social @hannaeldarwish.bsky.social Danielle Evans, Fiona Green, @sanjeedah.bsky.social and @lewisdoyle.bsky.social.

Side by side images of a crowd at a music festival. The first image shows a small number of people signaling to a medic. The second image shows a larger number of people in the crowd raising their hands to amplify the medic's signal to other medical personnel at the front of the stage.

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Harry Lewis @harrymlewis.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Our pre-print is now available on our research into experiences of disruptive behaviour at live music events. Available here: osf.io/preprints/ps... @profjohndrury.bsky.social @lewisdoyle.bsky.social @sanjeedah.bsky.social @freyamills.bsky.social Hanna Eldarwish, Danielle Evans, Fi Green & Jane Wen

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

'Understanding the "new" disruptive behaviour at live music events: The role of group norms' @harrymlewis.bsky.social We used multiple methodologies to understand audiences' experiences of disruptive behaviour, underlying processes, and possible solutions. Please share. osf.io/preprints/ps...

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

At this month's Crowds & Identities @crowdsidentities.bsky.social seminar, expertly convened by @freyamills.bsky.social, Rhea Haddad presents her new work with @drannetempleton.bsky.social on how collective sound-making at live sports events expressed shared identity.

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

'Why crowd behaviour matters - for psychology and society' Recording of my Professorial Lecture. Please share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pBZ...

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Why crowd behaviour matters - for psychology and society

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Ana Leal @alleal.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Does participating in collective action moralize one's attitudes over time, and if so, how? Happy to share that our paper is now out in JPSP! With Martijn van Zomeren, Roberto González, Ernestine Gordijn, Pia Carozzi, Michal Reifen Tagar, Belén Álvarez, Cristián Frigolett, and Eran Halperin. (1/9)